Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-01-15
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

Z Nrw HAVEN NOTES: Mr.. J. NJ. Boston o.,
p,,rbnrs weighed his celebrated Norman
h~rse a few DAYS ago. He tipped the beans
- : 600 mounds. This horse is OF the iami
ous q. I. Busch stock, 6 years old, named
Durand.
Tur Boenville Advertiser says: Speed
stensens returned from st. Louis MONDAY
morning. He says that >. ID: III: clark
y;ce. .nresident OF the Missouri Pacihc ran
road. who succeeded Mr.. Hoxie VIII De IL
Roonyille next week. Mr.. Z. assured Mr
stenbeps that the Missouri Parihc mean
bns;ness. and that the road was 10 ID
built at once.
TIE Springfield Herald says; There Is :
~, sentiment in favor oil not open
;.e.,,fI IDuhIie schools until the measles an
-.t.o,,;;,,.eough scouree abates to som
s,,snt gentleman informed reporte
-l.tbs had talked to one or Two Oh th
kasrd ON the subject and they were iav"'
sbis to inch action. II tbege.ls danger :"
I :, ,s..sd;,,g ,he disease during the unlavoi
weather Of January, it would be best to eA
tend the vacation.
wr,,svuLE and vicinity is seriously
.hraatened with water ismIhe. n
S.s beeu no rain Of any conseq"In.o oIs
-, the fall and winter ana the Ia.o ~ .
mas frozen what little water rei.a'neu
O. tpa nonds solid. and most OF tne cis.erns
dry leaving almost the entre Popu'a-
.;on denendent upon few wel,s .haI we're
sorad last season, and TO tnose ha'i,s
sons;derable stock to provide Ior, ohe sI1-
.ot;on IL a serious one. Some Ice is oeihg
unt nm but IL IL OF an inferior quality; ow-
Ino to the low water in the ponds from
which IL is taken.
B.F.CisEBER, OF Ohio, submitted pro-
position to the City Council OF Lamar, to
pu. in gas works here, povided the town
will take 400 lamps at S3Op annum, and
give him franchise for thirty years. The
Council deferred considering the proposition
till it's regular meeting, on the night of the
18th inst.
UyIrEp STATES Deputy Marshal Willis met
with painful accident at Kansas City Fri
day morning while on a Missouri Pacific
train. The train porter, in brushing Mr..
Willis clothing, disturbed the latter g revol-
yer, which fell from his pocket, and explod-
ing sent ball through the big toe OF the
right foot; also .inficting flesh wound in
his thigh.
]. w KURrz's farmer, residing near
Floreno u Morgan County, took to Yer
sailes, All unknown German, about 40years
OF age. and unable to speak English, who
had come to his house in a terribly frozen
condition, about three days before, his
legs, arms b,ck, face and hands being badly
frost.bitten. His fingers had literally burst
open, and were almost dropping OF. Mr..
Kurtz cared for the man best in his power.
but his condition becoming critical he
brought the man to town and delivered him
to the Sheriff, who at once sent him to the
County Farm. The probabilities are that
the poor fellow will lose his hands and feet
He had lain out three or four days befor.
going to Knrtz's house, and was starved as
well as frozen.
A wELL-DREssED man OF good appear
lnce, aged about AZ years, was discovered
near Marshall in "A field wandering aimless-
b about. He was taken in charge by the
County officials and placed in the Poor
house. His speech is entirely coherent,
but his nativity cannot be found out. An
expert linguist visited him and he cannot
talk English, German, Spanish, Italian,
French or Swedish, and all efforts to dis
cover his name or residence have proved
lutile.
EDDIE FLYNN, aged g years, son OF Mrs
Mary Flynn, died Sunday at Marshall after
IN illness oi several weeks. This is the
third death in this family during the past
year. brother OF the deceased, aged 20
years, died about two months ago, and
the lather about one year ago. All died OF
brain trouble.
JUDGE BRACE took his seat on the su.
preme bench OF the state last Monday.
TIE funeral Of the late Milton Tootls oc-
ours Wednesday afternoon at st. Joeeph.
and out OF re~pect to his memory the
courts, city hall and other public places
will be closed.
PRESTON, KEAs & Co., Chicago, have
been ordered by Judg- Gresham to pay the
Nodaway Valley bank The amount OF the
bonds stolen by Ker, the dsiaulting cashier,
who fed to Peru.
TIE damage suit OF P. G. Blakely vs. the
st. Louis Globe Democrat, for $40, 900 was
thrown out oi Court Tuesday.
TIE loss at the Couples residence FIRE
Monday night in St. Louis was about
$4,000.
A YOUNG married woman named Sarah
Trowbridge, burned to death at the resi-.
oence oil her iather, jeremiah George, two
miles south oil De Soto, Sunday afternoon.
she was sick and sitting by an open fire.
place, and had sent her father for the doc.
tor. A short time after the latter had
gone, two section men, Hutchinson and
smith, passing the house were attracted by
smoke issuing from the windows. This led
10 10 investigation. and they found the woman
literally roasted to death.
CORONER ELKIN Tuesday went to River.
Ton, mining town near Springfield, to
No no'd an inquest on an 1S-months old child.
Inc manner oil the killing as developed at
NM; me inquest is very peculiar William
D'ng,er, the iather OF the child, had retired
snd ms viie had handed him the child pre-
para'ory TO retiring also. As she stepped
apon .ne PED, however, ID suddenly gave
ssay, precipltating the occupants 10 the
noor. 10 Is supposed that in the sudden
,IIgn. plngler elasped his arms so tightly
e sucu. .he child that he squeezed the breath
Ss. ol u. AS no bruises or marks of any
s'nu we're iound on the body, this theory
.,sy ,ssne.aiiy accepted, and the verdict so
ps;,;. S saturday p:y afternoon last at s o'clock
uan uunP hiey, the 5-year-old son OF Mr.. and
,,,s~; s EDWARD Riley, Of Edwardsville. was
P,aying about the stove where his motber
s preparing supper, and while her bact
vas turned pulled q kettle of boil;n, toa
o.sr onS on himself. scalding his Ineck, arm
sish nt I,gIt s'de OF the body 80 seyer,lv that
ai'eougn ysician was snrn,on,d s"a' az
"'0'a'e'y' the child died Monday morning.
.oO. p, LOUIS hopes to get a last mail train